Picture production



May 11, 1937. J. P. HIGH PICTURE PRODUCTION Filed Feb. 2. 1955 YJAMES Baaxw ATTORNEY.

Patented May 11, 1937 our TED STATES PICTURE PRQDUG'EIOm H 7 James P.High, Wichita, Kansi; -NeetaM'.Beldenadministratrix of said James P.High, de-

ceased Application February 2, 1935, Serial No. 4,687

2 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in picture production.

The object of my invention is to produce the water portion of a scenerythrough the medium 5 of a mirror.

A further object of my invention is to produce the water scene of alandscape picture through the medium of a mirror by removing thatportion from the canvas or card on which the scenery is painted orprinted, in other words skeletonizing the picture so that the saidskeleton may be placed upon a sheet like structure such as a mirror orother highly polished sheet like structure having a smooth surface orotherwise specifically formed wholly or in part to produce a desiredeffect.

A still further object of my invention is to produce a picture andfragmentize the same by removing that portion relating to the waterscene and sever the landscape portion on a horizontal plane by astraight line out so that the landscape portions may be moved to or fromeach other varying the width of the water scene.

A still further object of my invention is to produce a picture relatingto landscape scenery having a sky feature, and to remove the originalsky effect, the picture is out along contour of the horizon, whereby adesired sky is produced by affixing the picture to the surface ofopalescent glass producing blue sky and clouds or either effectindividually and by adopting such production, the use of a mirror is noteliminated for the water scene that may be in the picture andfurthermore the surface of the opalescent may be polished, ground ordiecast.

These and other objects will hereinafter be more fully explained,reference being had to the accompanying drawing in which like characterswill apply to like parts in the different views.

Referring to the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a view of a landscape picture.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view through the picture taken on line 2-2 inFig. 1. My invention herein disclosed consists of a landscape picturecomprising a stream or body of water I, dividing or positioned in thelandscape scenery produced from nature or may be fanciful and having theusual sky feature 2, there being a defined horizon 3 between the sky andthe land or water at the discretion of artist or nature production, thesaid picture may be applied to canvas, cardboard or other structure asindicated by numeral 4, the said structure being positioned on anotherstructure 5, the latter being a reflective element preferably a glassmirror, or may be produced by highly polished metal or other substance,it will also be conceded that the said elements may be clear or tintedin color to produce effects other than that of nature, furthermore withrespect to the sky feature certain color production is desired asreferred in one of the above objects.

As previously stated, the picture being produced upon. an element ofdesired material is applied to the surface of a mirror and being securedin close contact by adhesive substance or supported securely by atransparent element placed thereover, the latter having means ofconnection to the mirror by being placed within a frame and secured bythe usual backing employed, the frame and backing not shown in thedrawing as they are not essential to this invention.

It is also provided in this invention that a mirror may be applied tothe back of the landscape portion and opalescent glass of desired colorand figure applied to the sky effect, the mirror may be clear or colortinted, the surface thereof may be smooth, rippled or other variation,it being understood that either adoption with respect to sky or watermay be applied individually,

As heretofore stated in one of the objects, should a stream or otherbody of water terminate with respect to visibility in the background ofthe picture, the said picture may be severed on a horizontal linestarting at the point of stream disappearance and extending through tothe outer margin of the picture as shown at A, thereby dividing the landfeature in two parts for the purpose of moving to and from each other ona horizontal plane to vary the width of the Water scene, thisarrangement is adaptable to fanciful pictures, however the same may beapplied to pictures of nature, but not so advised as a deception wouldbe the result unless the artist erred in the conception but in allevents, the dividing point must be positioned to avoid severing of avertically portrayed object such as trees, or other objects, avoidingdisalignment thereof, while small closely positioned objects such asgrass, shrubs or the like will not effect the picture materially, themarginal edges of the picture to be trimmed after the sliding movementof the land features are made, and such other modifications may beemployed as lie within the scope of the appended claims.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. In picture production, a picture consisting of land, water and skyscene, one portion of the land scene adjacent the water scene beingsevered on a horizontal plane to move the land portion, the severextending from one marginal side of the picture to a point inward wherethe water scene ends in the blackground of said picture, by which meansthe width of the water scene may be varied without interrupting thecontour where the land scene and water scene meet, and the scenery alongthe sever being of such detail that the movement of the said portion ofland scene will not detract from the picture along the sever line.

2. In picture production of the class described, comprising a river,land and sky scene, one portion of the land scene adjacent the riverscene being severed in straight alignment, horizontally JAMES P. HIGH.

